First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,858
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$23,732
24.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,815
Rhode Island costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Rhode Island — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$98,590
Kept after tax
$74,858
Worth in national money
$73,815
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Rhode Island is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $98,590, which ranks 7 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 23.36% above the national middle.
- Within Rhode Island this is well-paid work. Of 452 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 91 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Rhode Island costs about what the country costs, so from $98,590, take-home of $74,858 is worth roughly $73,815 in national money. The average lands at $97,550, below the middle of the range.
- Rhode Island ranks 7 of 51 states publishing a median for first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers, at $98,590 — about 23.36% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Ranked against every occupation Rhode Island publishes a median for, first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers sits 91 of 452 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Price parity in Rhode Island is near the national base, so for first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers, whose median is $98,590, the adjusted figure of $73,815 differs little from $74,858 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $97,550 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,590 |
| Top tenth earn over | $131,890 |
| This salary | $98,590 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Rhode Island | $74,858 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,188 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,646 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $93,856 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,180 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $98,590 as a midpoint for Rhode Island, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $58,240 and the ninetieth is $131,890 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $74,858 take-home in Rhode Island comes from $98,590. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 91 of 452.
- One number stands for prices across all of Rhode Island, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $73,815, the adjusted value of that $98,590 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 91 of 452 in the state.
- The Rhode Island median of $98,590 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $58,240 to $131,890. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $74,858, from $98,590, assumes a single Rhode Island filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 91 of 452 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Rhode Island, so $73,815 — the adjusted value of that $98,590 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 91 of 452 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $58,240 and the top tenth $131,890 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $73,815 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Rhode Island adds its own income tax on top — which is why $74,858 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($58,240) and the ninetieth ($131,890) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Rhode Island's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $73,815 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $74,858 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Rhode Island income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.